Hit a sour patch? Here's a sweet solution

Miracle fruit has landed in Chicago. And the response could not be sweeter.

The Wicker Park nonprofit group 826CHI threw a benefit Thursday built around a small, red berry that messes with your taste buds.

The berries were ordered from a Florida grower for about $3 apiece and shipped cold. Chew the fruit to release a protein -- called, seriously, miraculin -- and for about an hour, sour foods will taste sweet.

"The lemons, limes and grapefruit were the most dramatic," said Lynne Roberts, 37, a scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "They tasted like they were coated in sugar. The red wine was horrible."